61st Street & 9th Avenue

The three-way junction of 61st Street and 9th Avenue is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The School for Future Leaders is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about three minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 44 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
770 feet · 3 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
60 St/9 Av · B9
Within a walk
8 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
61st Street & 9th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy N
    770 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. 8 Av N
    1,000 feet
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “There is Magic Underneath It All” (2019) by María Berrío at the Fort Hamilton Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 60 St/9 Av, 350 feet away, for the B9.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 60 St/9 Av B9
    350 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 Ave & 62 St 30 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1105 60th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
43
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (Central)
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1927.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and September 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 61st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of 61st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 9th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 9th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 313870 and 333665.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Apex Training Alliance Trade or language school
    450 feet
  2. Star America Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
  3. B'Above 60th Street Pre-K
    590 feet
Show all 6
  1. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  2. The School for Future Leaders School
    1,000 feet
  3. Golden Sunrise Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fei Long Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Scaturro Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. HLBK Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 61st Street or 9th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.